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Five teams won't share their radio communications during Tour de France
CyclingSaturday, 01 July 2023 at 07:00
The Tour de France has its own series on Netflix, but now also goes a step further live in the race. After Ouest France already reported in June that the conversations between team car and riders will be broadcast live on television, L'Equipe confirms the news one day before the Tour. All but five teams are participating.
The audio between riders and teams has always been protected so far and only shared after the finish occasionally. Organizer ASO has now given the cycling teams the option to share their conversations over the radio, so that viewers can listen to what is being said during the race. Seventeen teams have agreed to do so. Alpecin-Deceuninck, Cofidis, Groupama-FDJ, Jayco AlUla and Movistar were the ones who refused to share their communications.
There will be a few minutes delay, similarly to Formula 1. An internal moderator will be appointed, who will decide which audios can go live and which cannot. Teams receive 5,000 euros from the ASO as compensation.
Groupama-FDJ is one of the teams that will not release its audios during the race. "Imagine if we did... We don't put a camera on football coach who gives instructions to his players at halftime?" said team boss Marc Madiot.
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